9mm water jug tests (pics)

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I was out doing retention drills today and what better way to finish off a training session than ...

9mm water jug tests (pics)

*Reposted from GlockTalk and www.okshooters.com *
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I was out doing retention drills today and what better way to finish off a training session than by blasting water jugs?

I shot them into 1gal water jugs that measure 6" front to back.
Rounds were fired from a G17 at 10ft.

The pics show the recovered round with the exit hole from the first jug (left) and the exit hole from the second jug (right)
*The Gold dot shows the ENTRANCE hole from the second jug
Speer Gold dot 115gr+P+
Recovered in second jug,dented back wall of second jug,and dented 3rd jug badly.
Recovered diameter is .94"

Remington Golden Saber Bonded 124gr+P
Recovered in third jug,slightly dented back of third jug.
Recovered diameter is .61"
Cor-Bon 115gr+P+
Recovered in third jug,no dent in back of third jug.
Fragments found in second jug.
Recovered diameter is .54"

We can clearly see that the recovered diameters do not tell the whole tale.
Look at the fragmentation of the cor-bon and notice how the pieces comprise part of the 'wound channel'
The Ranger mushroomed but you can clearly see that the jacket reached a level of expansion much larger that the recovered diameter.
all of the rounds appear to have fully mushroomed before leaving the first jug except for the Cor-Bon which did fragment there, and the Gold dot which never mushroomed fully.

The Cor-Bon offered the most violent explosion of all rounds,followed by the Gold Dot.
The Golden Saber was visibly less violent,and the Ranger was really mild.

"He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the Steppes. He had learned a good deal . . . and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life. The cause of this apparently was that at the bottom of his heart he knew all the time (or thought he knew) that he was in reality not a man, but a wolf of the Steppes."

thanks , i spent an hour and a half at the "box" and also looked at steve's .
mainly because i just buy the winchester 230 FMJ , and since coming here have been concerned about over and under penetrating. i shot a round of speers at a water jug into a dirt hill . i was a little disapointed as they didn't expand as i wanted them to, mostly they filled up with dirt .

from looking at the sites and pics i want the bad guy to hold a water jug next to his bare chest . lol
anyway i'm concerned mostly with most of the JHP (not all some fragmented) overpenetrating , or at least going furthur than the few fmj's tried . also i was dissapointed with how clothing Affected the jhp's mushrooming .
i think i'm just going to have to shoot a bunch more stuff to see for myself what the Effect will be . as for right now i think i'm going to stick with the fmj . as for OP, 'birds of a feather' 'two for one special' .
man i dig this site! and all the info thanks again!!
elance